Hattiesburg Library

ng Healthy Kids Day at the YMCA. This was a nation-wide YMCA event yesterday. So glad to sign kids and families up for library cards and talk up Summer Reading!

Miss Megan helped with Petal Story Time today. After some great storybooks, songs, and movement, we had fun making hedgehogs. Great Day!

Story Time in Hattiesburg! Our craft is a very cute hedgehog with story books to match! Come join us in Hattiesburg for Story Time on Wednesdays at 10:00 and/or in Petal on Thursdays at 10:00. It's always so much fun!

Both the Hattiesburg Library and Petal Library will be closed Monday, April 22nd for staff development. We will reopen Tuesday with regularly scheduled hours.

The Library helped Hawkins Elementary celebrate Earth Day yesterday. Students learned about taking care of the earth, taking care of one another, and recycling materials. The Library shared how we handle books we... facebook.com/hattlibrary/po…

Due to threatening weather the Hattiesburg Library and Petal Library will close at 3 pm today (April 18). We plan on returning to our normal scheduled hours tomorrow.

Baa baaa! Our young story time sheep at Petal had fun reading sheep stories and creating sheep puppets. Now everyone knows that sheep say, "Baaaaa!"

We are getting an early start on National Library Week-- April 7-13--by putting in new public-access computers! Now that's worth celebrating. Always thinking of you!

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Family Story Time will be tomorrow @10am!

Local artist Mark Landis dropped by the Library to sign and donate a copy of the book "Cognitive Theory and Documentary Film." One chapter of the book examines the 2014 documentary film "Art and Craft" which... facebook.com/hattlibrary/po…

Sacred Heart sent Nathalie Hileman, a Pre-K student in Mrs. Lisa and Mrs. Stephanie Parvins class, to present the library with a treat basket in celebration of Catholic School Week as an acknowledgement of... facebook.com/187556431017/p…

Cookbooks for a Cause There is more to a community cookbook than just pages filled with favorite recipes! Andrew Haley, a history professor at USM, shared interesting discoveries from his ongoing research in... facebook.com/hattlibrary/po…

Petal Story Time

Both the Hattiesburg and Petal branches will be closed Tuesday, January 28th due to inclement weather.

Read any classics lately? Our new Literary Posters at the Petal Library may just inspire you to do so. Thank you Friends of the Library for adding these lovely book cover art posters to our Petal Library!

The Mississippi Legislature is currently in session! We met with several local Representatives today including Missy McGee to talk about the critical services the library system provides the state. You can make... facebook.com/187556431017/p…

Petal Story Time will be tomorrow at 10am!